Uh, oh, someone's in trouble

Senator Joe Lieberman, who I believe is a safe bet for re-election, has some company in his 2006 campaign.

Fairfield University professor John Orman is considering a run for the office. This is the same guy who tried to prevent Senator Lieberman from running simultaneously in 2000.

Lieberman spokeswoman Casey Aden-Wansbury said the senator "looks forward to putting his record before the Connecticut voters again next year and to earn the privilege of serving as their Senator for another term."

In 2000, Orman filed a complaint with the state Ethics Commission to try and prevent Lieberman from running for both vice president and for re-election to his Senate seat. The state rejected his complaint, ruling that it was legal to run for both, and Lieberman eventually won re-election by a wide margin.

Orman also criticized Lieberman's poor attendance record - an issue the senator used in 1988 in his successful campaign to oust then Sen. Lowell P. Weicker, a Republican. Lieberman missed a substantial number of votes during 2003, when he was on the road campaigning for president.

When asked about the attendence records of the other presidential candidates, Professor Orman could not be reached for comment. Orman ran for Congress in 1984 and lost.